Twitter’s dependence on Apple and Google is why Elon Musk makes the first move

Twitter is proving to be more than a handful for Elon Musk, just a month since the billionaire walked into the tech company’s headquarters, forced to complete a $44 billion deal he first mooted earlier in the year and then spent months trying to wriggle out of it. Not a day has passed by since, without controversy surrounding the social media platform. The saga adds a new chapter.

Musk, in one of his trademark tweet sermons, has now trained the guns at Apple. It all started with Musk pointing out that Apple has stopped advertising on Twitter. He tagged Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in the tweet. Cook, or Apple, have not made a public comment. No surprise there.

A while later, Musk continued the conversation, mostly with himself, adding that Apple has indicated they would “withhold” Twitter from the App Store. This could have significant repercussions for Twitter, which sees its future as a subscription service.